Trouble at Texas Monthly

Loved this magazine from even before I lived in Texas. It has been facing staff revolts since the sale from Emmis to a hedge fund.

Can the Best Magazine in Texas Be Saved?

 

Be sad if it goes away or becomes a lesser publication. Some fascinating stories.

 

I have read Texas Monthly for 40 years, despite its heavy lean to the left. It used to be great journalism. Now? Maybe not so much. Good journalism doesn't seem to be sexy at this point in our history.

 

This is the literary equivalent of seeing the light from a long-dead star.

 

I think there was one several years ago by someone who wrote about hanging out with Oswald. Can't remember specs. Anybody?

 

There are still some good people there. Really good people. But they've lost a ton of talent in the last year.

 

I mean, you could make a good case that Pamela Colloff is one of the best reporters and writers in magazines today, maybe the best. Just losing her was a massive blow. And she's far from the only departure.

 

Found it. God, this is great.
If there is a tear left, shed it for Jack Ruby. He didn’t make history; he only stepped in front of it. When he emerged from obscurity into that inextricable freeze-frame that joins all of our minds to Dallas, Jack Ruby, a bald-headed little man who wanted above all else to make it big, had his back to the camera.

 

Gary Cartwright was an original effin' stud.
If you've never heard of him, look him up. He died last year.

 

Texas Monthly has been one of the all-time titles.

But this new advertorial strategy cures the illness by killing the patient.